Secondary Packaging Global Category Buyer H/F - Sanofi : Job Details

**About Sanofi Business Unit**

At Sanofi CHC, we have one shared purpose - we work passionately, every day, to serve healthier, fuller lives. Our marketing philosophy is driven by this purpose and everything we do is centered around people our consumers, our customers, healthcare professionals, and our employees across the world.

We are building brands that serve 2bn consumers worldwide, so that they can live healthier, fuller lives. In order to do this better than anybody else, we aspire to become the most consumer-centric Consumer Healthcare company. We want to be market shapers and achieve category leadership in the categories that we play in - delivered through strong global-local partnership. We are a people first business, placing consumers at the heart of everything we do through uncovering and activating deep consumer and shopper insights, for example.

As a top 3 global CHC player, we want to raise the bar in terms of our strategic and operational capabilities to enable sustainable, above-market growth. In order to achieve this, we need strong talents that will help us shape the future of CHC while sharing our core values of courage, teamwork, respect and integrity.

We have recently announced an exciting 18-24 month- journey to create a fully standalone CHC business (separating the Business Unit from our Pharma company heritage, processes etc), as we target to create the best FAST MOVING CONSUMER HEALTH company, which will require us to retain, attract and grow the best leaders in our industry.

**About the Opportunity**

As a Secondary Packaging Global Lead Buyer, you will be responsible:

* for managing a sub-category portfolio: Leaflets/Labels/Misc/Corrugated

* for proposing procurement strategy for his/her sub-category whole CHC internal network

* taking into account the business needs (including B_Corp Certification, Risk Management, eCommerce if ad hoc)

* creating value for the business - driving savings journey thanks to all procurement levers and in line with Sanofi Code of Conduct, values and ethical charter

* for deploying the global sub-category strategy and execution in the whole industrial network

* for being GOTO person of Origgio industrial site

* for facilitating relations between site leadership team and procurement organization

* closely monitoring with the Site Leadership team the execution of procurement strategies and savings journey

* for enabling an e2e consistent/innovative/fruitful development of CHC brands as SPOC of dedicated brands: eg, Enterogermina

Ensure that global performance meets expectations on fundamentals (HSE/Sustainability, Quality, Sanofi Manufacturing System, Supply)

**About growing with us**

**In this role you will.**

**Strategy**

* Propose & Implement competitive and innovative strategies for several product families based on market intelligence, assessing risks and opportunities, aligned on budget, product lifecycle to deliver value to the businesses

* Establish a multi annual roadmap to be executed to deliver saving for the plants and to create value / competitive advantages for the brands

* Ensure procurement technical excellence: TCO, sustainability, Innovation, supply continuity, quality / compliance

* Identify and engage at appropriate level the lead specifiers from the businesses and Industrial Affairs

**Operational**

* Build and monitor sites budget and roadmap for the category

* Organize tender, negotiate prices for the concerned perimeter, established prices list and agreements

* Step-in and support any major projects and/or supplier issues for the sites

* Drive and monitor the execution of savings opportunities and projects (new suppliers, products substitutions, specification adjustment, etc.)

* Drive the development of new market opportunities (new launchings, new technologies, sustainable components)

* Set-up and drive S.R.M. with key suppliers for the product families in relationship with KSOL

**Business Partnering**

* Be a business partner role to KSOL / Site Leadership Team

* Have an appropriate level of communication/info sharing/working sessions within procurement community to act as One Procurement community

* Build and maintain strong interfaces and collaborations with other departments like finance, supply, legal, quality / regulatory, engineering, Science, CSO and Growth HUB

**DIMENSIONS / SCOPE :**

* 12 industrial sites

* Spend: 30M

* Complexity: subcategory global leader, local GOTO person, SPOC for boost brand

**About you**

**Qualifications/ Education & work experience**

Education & Experience

* University degree in Pharmaceutical engineering/process, Packaging Engineer or equivalent

* At least 5 years experience of experience in management and animation of a packaging category

* Experience in sustainability (B Corp) with proven track record is a plus

**Language & Cultural**

* Fluent in English

* A plus: local language of based location

* International and multi-cultural relationship

**Your Competencies**

* Leadership and change management skills with proven track record

* Listening and negotiation skills

* Power of conviction

* Business acumen and strategic thinking

**Play to Win Competencies**

* Stretch to go beyond the level we have operated until now

* Put the interest of the organization ahead of own of those of his/her team think Sanofi first

* Act in the interest of our patients and customers

* Take action and dont wait to be told what to do

**Inspire your Journey: what Sanofi can offer you:**

* An international work environment, in which you can develop your talent and realize ideas and innovations within a competent team

* An attractive, market-oriented salary aligned with your qualifications and including social benefits above average (e.g. company pension plans, health management)

* An individual and well-structured introduction and training when you onboard

* You can create your own career path within Sanofi. Your professional and personal development will be supported purposefully

* As a globally successful and constantly growing company, Sanofi provides international career paths as well

**This is our Sanofi. Discover yours.**

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**Own your future. Make your move!**

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